Zoolander (2001)
Ben Stiller, Billy Zane, Christine Taylor
The international misadventures of fashion model Derek Zoolander, who is hired to stop a secret cartel of political assassins posing as male models. While Derek tries to infiltrate the fashion/assassin clique led by the mean-spirited designer Mugatu, he must also contend with Hansel, a dense, on-the... (read more) The international misadventures of fashion model Derek Zoolander, who is hired to stop a secret cartel of political assassins posing as male models. While Derek tries to infiltrate the fashion/assassin clique led by the mean-spirited designer Mugatu, he must also contend with Hansel, a dense, on-the-rise male model who poses a threat to sabotage Derek's mission--as well as his modeling career.
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PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed by:
Ben Stiller
Release Date: Sep 28, 2001
DVD Release Date: Mar 12, 2002
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I was expecting this movie to be bad but it won me over based on how it parodies the fashion industry. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are acting in this movie to try to be the dumber of the two characters. Zoolander is not a very intellectual comedy b... (read more) I was expecting this movie to be bad but it won me over based on how it parodies the fashion industry. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are acting in this movie to try to be the dumber of the two characters. Zoolander is not a very intellectual comedy by any means but it is worth a watch if you like most movies with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.
Take it for what it is. This is a fun movie that's spawned a lot of pop culture references. And having finally seen it, I will get it whenever somebody does a Zoolander face!
Um I would have to say that the beginning of this movie I was thinking alright, okay but than it just seemed to be getting worse, and worse, and worse that I just started to say okay come on now! How could this movie get any more stupid??? It had it'... (read more) Um I would have to say that the beginning of this movie I was thinking alright, okay but than it just seemed to be getting worse, and worse, and worse that I just started to say okay come on now! How could this movie get any more stupid??? It had it's few moment's were I was caught my self laughing and I do like Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Will Ferrel but the hole movie was just really dumb. Models that are brain washed to assassinate people, it's a pore chose of story. Knowing that Ben Stiller made and Directed the movie just make's me sad, I think Ben Stiller is awesome and his recent movie (Tropic Thunder) was great! I loved it, he made and Directed that movie as well, and so I thought I would like this one for sure, but I didin't like it much, at all really.
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Serves as glossy, throwaway fun, and it features more cameos than you can shake a mascara wand at.full review
An oasis of bracing comedy that comes at just the right time, when we're parched for it.full review
Offers up the pleasures that only a thoroughly trivial piece of work can provide.full review
Zoolander's vain stupidity gets as wearisome on film as such behaviour is in real life.full review
If the Malaysians made a comedy about the assassination of the president of the United States because of his opposition to slavery, it would seem approximately as funny to us as Zoolander would seem to them.full review
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